Vyvyan House and Attached Balustrades, Piers and Gates

VYVYAN HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES, PIERS AND GATES, CLIFTON PARK

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1202114
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
List Entry Name:
Vyvyan House and Attached Balustrades, Piers and Gates
Statutory Address:
VYVYAN HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES, PIERS AND GATES, CLIFTON PARK
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1202114
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
Date of most recent amendment:
30-Dec-1994
List Entry Name:
Vyvyan House and Attached Balustrades, Piers and Gates
Statutory Address 1:
VYVYAN HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES, PIERS AND GATES, CLIFTON PARK

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
VYVYAN HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES, PIERS AND GATES, CLIFTON PARK

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
ST 57274 73445

Details

BRISTOL

ST5773SW CLIFTON PARK, Clifton 901-1/8/808 (South East side) 04/03/77 Vyvyan House and attached balustrades, piers and gates (Formerly Listed as: CLIFTON PARK (South side) Vyvyan House)

GV II

House. c1860. Perhaps by JA Clark. Limestone ashlar with ridge stacks and a pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Italianate style. 3 storeys and basement; 3-window range. A symmetrical front with the middle broken forward, outer ground-floor pilasters and quoins above, banded ground floor to a plat band, and stone bracketed eaves. Narrow semicircular-arched windows to sashes with horizontal bars: central wide canted 3-light bay has consoles at the angles and a balustrade, and 3-light outer ground-floor windows have consoles to panelled jambs; first-floor central 3-light and outer 2-light windows framed by thin pilasters to a raised lintel, and similar smaller attic windows with plain surrounds and C20 glazing. Tall rendered stacks with cornices. Right-hand single-storey porch has an open, banded entrance with tall semicircular arch, a scrolled side panel beneath a semicircular-arched side window, and inner porch with pilasters flanking a semicircular arch containing paired windows, with a semicircular-arched doorway and 2-leaf 8-panel door and overlight. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached balustrades to porch, front garden piers, and gate piers with quoins and capitals to spear-headed cast-iron gates.

Listing NGR: ST5727473445

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
379270
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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